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Mother Mary
speaks
from Medjugorje
Arranged according to subject matter
By
Andrew Jerome Yeung
Mother Mary
speaks
from Medjugorje
Arranged according to subject matter
Nineteenth edition
By
Andrew Jerome Yeung
Ave Maria Centre of Peace
Toronto, Canada.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Mother Mary speaks from Medjugorje: arranged according
to subject matter / by Andrew Jerome Yeung. -- 19th ed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes some text in Croatian.
ISBN 978-1-927108-29-1
1. Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Apparitions and
miracles--Bosnia and Hercegovina--Medjugorje. 2. Mary,
Blessed Virgin, Saint--Meditations. I. Yeung, Andrew Je-
rome, 1938- II. Ave Maria Centre of Peace
BT660.M44O87 2018 232.91’70949742 C2012-
902595-X
Copyright © 2018 by Dr. Jennifer Ann Yeung.
All rights reserved.
Printed and bound in Canada
by Ave Maria Centre of Peace
Toronto.
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PREFACE
By Marija Stelzer-Dugandžić
[Native of Medjugorje. Close friend of the visionaries.
Graduate of the prestigious Pontifical Gregorian
University in Rome. Licentiate in Pastoral Theology from
the University of Vienna. Author of Our Lady Speaks As
A Mother – Textual Analysis and Theology of the
Messages of Medjugorje (Informativni Centar “Mir”
Medjugorje).
Pictured from left to right: His Eminence Christoph
Cardinal Schoenborn, Marija Pavlović, Mirjana
Dragičević, Marija Stelzer-Dugandžić and Ivanka
Ivanković.]
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Since 1981, six Croatian youths in the village of
Medjugorje, Bosnia and Hercegovina, have been asserting
that they see the Blessed Virgin Mary and that they
receive messages from her. For millions of people all over
the world these extraordinary events, together with the
heavenly instructions, have become a source of renewal
within their Christian lives. The messages are in complete
harmony with the Gospel and with Catholic Tradition.
Although the Church’s position on the occurrences
was, at that stage, one of investigation and watchful
attention, unofficial pilgrimages to Medjugorje were
neither prohibited nor discouraged. On the contrary, the
Church acknowledged this village to be a sanctuary of
prayer, and oversaw the liturgical-pastoral services
offered at the site by the Franciscan priests and sisters.
Through Medjugorje, thousands upon thousands of
Christians and non-Christians have found their way to
God, to one another, and to the Church; this is what most
characterizes Medjugorje, described by someone as “a
place where it is very easy to turn to God and to start a
new spiritual life.” Countless visitors have experienced
conversion and various forms of healing. In 2010, the Archbishop of Vienna, His Eminence
Christoph Cardinal Schoenborn, main editor of the
Catechism of the Catholic Church, opened the fourth
decade of the reported apparitions by celebrating Holy
Mass at St. James’ Church in Medjugorje on New Year’s
Day. He stated: “When you look at a place like
Medjugorje, you can see a superpower of mercy... This is
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my first visit, but since I have been a Bishop, I have
simply noticed the fruits of Medjugorje.” “I would be lying if I said this fruit did not exist. This
fruit is concrete and visible, and I can see in our diocese
and in many other places graces of conversion, graces of a
supernatural life of faith, graces of joy, graces of
vocations, of healings, of people returning to the
Sacraments, to Confession. All this is not misleading.
Therefore, as far as I am concerned, as a bishop, I can see
the fruit. If we had to judge the tree by its fruit, as Jesus
recommended, I must say that the tree is fruitful.”
The Cardinal’s observations about the return to the
Sacraments can be partially attested to by the large
number of communicants and Confessions at Medjugorje.
There are at least six Masses celebrated each day inside
St. James’ Church and/or the Adoration chapel or the out-
side altar. Every year, the number of communion hosts
used far exceeds 1,000,000.
As to Confessions, there are six confessionals inside
the church and sixty-one outside. Dozens of extra stations
are set up around the grounds on big feast-days. The
queues are long.
Cardinal Schoenborn made it a point to emphasize that,
through the ‘school of Mary,’ the Mother of God invites
us to follow Jesus, to look at her Son, to listen to him, to
imitate him, and that “Do whatever he tells you” were
Mary’s first words to the people. He stressed that “Do
whatever he tells you” is the core of the Medjugorje
messages.
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Andrew Jerome Yeung, the writer who selected these
messages of Our Lady, travelled to Medjugorje numerous
times. He is one of those for whom this hamlet became a
second home. Visiting there practically twice every year
since 1984, he witnessed and personally experienced the
intense response to Our Lady’s call in the surroundings in
which they were given. He learned to speak a little
Croatian, and made many friends among the parishioners,
the visionaries and the pilgrims.
The six books he wrote, plus a seventh available only
on www.medjugorjeca.org, are all influenced by the
Queen of Peace in one form or another. In fact, the only
reason he came originally to the shrine in 1984 was to ask
Mother Mary for counsel and direction on his first one:
DO WHATEVER JESUS TELLS YOU! which had tak-
en him, in total, forty-seven years to finalize. The sayings
quoted in it are exclusively those attributed to Jesus by the
Evangelists in the Four Gospels. It is a powerful
instrument in helping to crush the serpent’s head.
I consider Mother Mary speaks from Medjugorje an
immensely precious contribution to understanding the
communications of the Blessed Virgin. Putting the more
important subjects in alphabetical order, Andrew assists
us in finding an easy entrance to the riches of the
wonderful guidance given by our loving Mother. On the
one hand, for those who do not know them or who reject
them purely out of unfamiliarity, it gives a quick and clear
view of what Mary is saying. On the other hand, for those
who do know them and want to live them more fully, this
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systematic manual will be useful in their meditations and
in the revitalization of their faith.
I hope this work fulfils the author’s wish of bringing to
the reader the immeasurable joy of becoming a better
Christian. I hope it will serve as an inspiration for all to
come closer to God, and to learn to pray and offer up their
lives for the conversion of sinners and unbelievers. I hope
also that priests and deacons will find in it valuable
reminders for their preaching, leadership, and
proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE_______________________________ i
INTRODUCTION _______________________ 5 ABANDON YOURSELF TO GOD .................................... 23 ADORATION ..................................................................... 23 BEAUTY ............................................................................. 23 BIBLE ................................................................................. 24 BLESSED OBJECTS .......................................................... 24 CHANGE YOUR LIFE ....................................................... 25 CHRISTMAS ...................................................................... 25 COMMANDMENTS .......................................................... 26 CONFESSION .................................................................... 27 CONSECRATION .............................................................. 27 CONVERSION ................................................................... 28 CRUCIFIX, THE ................................................................ 28 DARKNESS ........................................................................ 29 DECIDE FOR GOD ............................................................ 29 DRAW NEAR TO GOD ..................................................... 30 ETERNITY ......................................................................... 30 EVIL .................................................................................... 30 FAITH ................................................................................. 31 FAMILIES .......................................................................... 32 FASTING ............................................................................ 33 FATHER ............................................................................. 33 FATIMA.............................................................................. 34 FEAR NOT! ........................................................................ 34 FORGIVENESS .................................................................. 34 FREELY .............................................................................. 35 GIFT .................................................................................... 35
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GLORIFY GOD .................................................................. 36 GOD (See also GOD’S LOVE) ........................................... 36 GOD FIRST ........................................................................ 37 GOD’S LOVE ..................................................................... 37 GOODNESS ........................................................................ 37 GRACES ............................................................................. 38 GROWTH ........................................................................... 38 HEART ................................................................................ 39 HEART OF MARY ............................................................. 39 HEAVEN .............................. Error! Bookmark not defined. HOLINESS .......................................................................... 40 HOLY SPIRIT ..................................................................... 41 HOPE .................................................................................. 41 HUMILITY ......................................................................... 42 JESUS .................................................................................. 43 JESUS’ WORDS: LIVE THEM! ........................................ 43 JOY ...................................................................................... 44 LENT ................................................................................... 44 LIFE..................................................................................... 45 LIGHT ................................................................................. 45 LOVE .................................................................................. 46 MASS .................................................................................. 47 MATERIALISM (See also WORLDLINESS) .................... 48 MEDJUGORJE: OUR LADY’S CHOICE .......................... 49 MEDJUGORJE PARISHIONERS ...................................... 50 MERCY OF GOD, THE ..................................................... 53 MERCY, WORKS OF ........................................................ 53 MESSAGES: THEY COME FROM HEAVEN .................. 54 MESSAGES: LIVE THEM! ................................................ 54 MESSAGES: SPREAD THEM! ......................................... 55 MOTHER MARY HELPS YOU ......................................... 55 MOTHER MARY IS WITH YOU ...................................... 55
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MOTHER MARY LOVES YOU ........................................ 56 MOTHER MARY NEEDS YOU ........................................ 57 MOTHER MARY NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS .................. 58 MOTHER MARY PRAYS FOR YOU ............................... 58 MOTHER MARY PROTECTS YOU ................................. 58 MOTHER MARY: SET OUT WITH HER! ....................... 59 MOTHER MARY THANKS YOU .................................... 59 NEW TIME ......................................................................... 60 OASIS OF PEACE .............................................................. 60 OPENNESS TO GOD ......................................................... 60 OPENNESS TO MOTHER MARY .................................... 61 PEACE ................................................................................ 61 PENANCE .......................................................................... 62 PERSEVERANCE .............................................................. 62 PLAN .................................................................................. 63 POPE JOHN PAUL II ......................................................... 63 PRAY FOR OUR LADY’S INTENTIONS ........................ 64 PRAY WITH THE HEART ................................................ 65 PRAYER ............................................................................. 65 PRAYER GROUPS ............................................................ 68 PRIESTS, YOUR SHEPHERDS ........................................ 68 PURGATORY .................................................................... 68 PURITY .............................................................................. 69 RENUNCIATION ............................................................... 69 REWARD ............................................................................ 69 ROSARY ............................................................................. 70 SACRIFICES ...................................................................... 71 SAINTS ............................................................................... 71 SATAN................................................................................ 72 SECRETS ............................................................................ 73 SILENCE ............................................................................ 73 SIMPLICITY ...................................................................... 74
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SIN ...................................................................................... 74 SPECIAL BLESSING ......................................................... 75 SUFFERING ....................................................................... 75 SURRENDER TO MOTHER MARY ................................ 76 THANKSGIVING ............................................................... 76 TIME OF GRACE ............................................................... 77 TRIALS ............................................................................... 77 TRUTH ................................................................................ 78 UNION WITH GOD ........................................................... 78 WAR .................................................................................... 78 WHO DOES OUR LADY SAY SHE IS? ........................... 79 WHY IS OUR LADY HERE NOW? .................................. 79 WHY IS OUR LADY HERE SO LONG? .......................... 79 WITNESS ............................................................................ 80 WORK FOR GOD AND FOR THE CHURCH .................. 81 WORLDLINESS (See also MATERIALISM) .................... 82 YOUNG PEOPLE ............................................................... 82 To Mary, Queen of Peace .................................................... 87 Other books by Andrew Jerome Yeung ............................... 91
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INTRODUCTION
“IN GOD’S HANDS.” A painting by Ljubo Jovanović
(Šurmanci, Medjugorje). Used with the artist’s personal
permission.
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Pope St. John Paul II on Medjugorje
From the internet site officially sponsored by the
Franciscan priests, one can read some of the documented
remarks made by this saintly Pope.
To Bishop Pavol Hnilica (1984): “Medjugorje is the
continuation of Fatima.”
To Bishop Maurillo Kreiger of Brazil (1988):
“Medjugorje, Medjugorje; it is the spiritual heart of the
world.”
To a group of doctors in Italy (1989): “Yes, today the
world has lost its sense of the supernatural. In
Medjugorje, many seek and rediscover it in prayer,
fasting and confession.”
To Archbishop Angelo Kim, President of the Korean
Bishops’ Conference, in reply to his compliment to the
Pope, “Father, thanks to you, Poland was able to liberate
itself from Communism” (1990): “No, this is not my
merit. This is the work of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as she
had predicted in Fatima and in Medjugorje.”
To Marek and Zofia Skwarnicki (Poland, 1992): “I
thank Mrs. Zofia for everything concerning Medjugorje. I,
too, go there every day as a pilgrim in my prayers: I unite
in my prayers with all those who pray there or receive a
calling for prayer from there. Today we have understood
this call better. I rejoice that our time is not lacking peo-
ple of prayer and apostles.”
To Bishop Robert Cavallero of Chiavari, in answer to
his question to the Holy Father whether he believed in
Medjugorje (1997): “I believe… I believe… I believe.”
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Background
In the third year of St. John Paul II’s term of office, on
the anniversary of Our Lady’s apparition in Fatima, May
13th, a professional assassin gunned down His Holiness at
close range. Miraculously, he survived the potentially fatal
wound. Forty two days later, Mother Mary began appear-
ing in Medjugorje to Ivanka Ivanković and Mirjana
Dragičević. It was June 24th, 1981 – Feast day of St. John
the Baptist, the Precursor.
That same evening, when the Blessed Virgin came
again, Vicka Ivanković and Ivan Dragičević had tagged
along. The following day, on Our Lady’s next apparition,
Marija Pavlović and Jakov Čolo were also present. This
second afternoon all six stayed to watch, listen and pray.
At that time, Jakov was 10 years old while the others were
just past their mid-teens.
Since then, Our Lady has been conveying messages to
them on a regular basis. This manual contains excerpts
from the more important ones.
The daily apparitions spanned at least three pontifi-
cates. Pope John Paul II had spoken privately to friends of
his belief in the phenomenon; Pope Benedict XVI estab-
lished an official Commission to investigate the matter;
Pope Francis received the Commission’s report and
moved forward from there.
Critics
Opponents of Medjugorje like to justify their stance by
arguing that there is no need for heavenly visitations, that
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Revelation was completed on the death of the last Apostle,
that a Christian has enough guidance through Sacred
Scripture and the Church. That may be so, but we beg
them to open their eyes and look around. How many
people do they see reading Sacred Scripture? How many
heed what is written in them? How many are faithful to all
the tenets of the Church? Our Lady never said she came to
announce a new set of revelations; she is here precisely to
exhort her children to live what the Bible and the Catholic
Church teach!
“Look around you, dear children, and you will see how
greatly sin has dominated the world,” she stated on
September 13th, 1984. Many of her children give in
readily to sin; they ignore God; they live like pagans. Can
a loving Mother stand by and do nothing?
The Messages
Mother Mary did not come primarily to tell us about
future events. She came mostly to pass on guidelines for
living a solid spiritual life – guidelines that are pertinent
in every age no matter on what date they were initially
given. She appeals especially for conversion, prayer,
strong faith, peace, penance and fasting.
“I have remained with you this long to help you in your
trials” (02/07/1985), she explained. Looking back at the
tribulations that have afflicted the Church, the world,
families, and individuals over the decades after this
providential promise of assistance was made, one begins
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to comprehend its implications and the reason why it is so
important to pay serious heed to Our Lady.
The State of the Church during the Apparitions
Throughout her history, the Church has periodically
experienced terrible trials – trials caused by external
persecutions and/or the sins of her own members. But she
has always bounced back. Just as Jesus agonized in the
Garden of Gethsemane, just as he was betrayed by one of
his Twelve, maligned by his enemies, scourged, crowned
with thorns, spat upon, made to carry a heavy cross and
crucified, so will the Church go through the same at
different stages of her journey. But similarly, she will rise
again! Jesus said, “And the gates of Hell shall never
prevail against her” (see Mt 16:18).
Mother Mary stood by her suffering Son, clinging tena-
ciously to his plan of redemption. She never doubted the
efficacy of his teachings, or diluted them. Not once was
she discouraged, knowing that he would be brought back
to life on the third day. She says to us from Medjugorje, “I
rejoice with you, and in this time of grace I call you to
spiritual renewal” (05/25/2000).
Rejoice? This is a time of grace?
Yes! Emphatically yes! And we are already witnessing
the purification of the Church, of her leaders, of the laity,
of the world.
Courage! Fear not! Be strong in faith! In the end,
Mary’s Immaculate Heart will triumph, and her sons and
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daughters will come to their senses. They will get up and
return to their Father’s house.
The prophet Haggai’s remarks about the Temple can be
adapted to portray the present and future condition of the
Church. The treasures that he speaks about, and the silver
and the gold, may be thought of as symbols for God’s
precious children whom he desires to return to him from
every nation.
“Who is left among you that saw this house in its
former glory? How do you see it now? Is it not in your
sight as nothing? Yet now take courage, O Zerub’babel,
says the LORD; take courage, O Joshua, son of
Jehoz’adak, the high priest; take courage, all you people
of the land, says the LORD; work, for I am with you, says
the LORD of hosts, according to the promise that I made
you when you came out of Egypt. My Spirit abides among
you; fear not. For thus says the LORD of hosts: Once
again, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the
earth and the sea and the dry land; and I will shake all
nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in,
and I will fill this house with splendor, says the LORD of
hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says
the LORD of hosts. The latter splendor of this house shall
be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts.”
(Haggai 2:3–9, Revised Standard Version Bible).
Our Lady said, “Read Sacred Scripture, live it, and pray
to understand the signs of the time. This is a special time”
(08/25/1993).
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Conversion
In the Bible, Jonah was asked to announce to the
people of Nineveh that in forty days the city would be
destroyed. The inhabitants repented, and were spared.
Whatever divine chastisements our present perverse
generation justly deserves can also be reduced or
eliminated, if we convert.
“I invite you to conversion. This is the most important
message that I have given you here,” Our Lady asserted
on February 25th, 1996.
“Little children, you live in a time in which God gives
great graces but you do not know how to make good use
of them. You are concerned about everything else, but
least for the soul and the spiritual life. Awaken from the
tired sleep of your soul and say ‘Yes’ to God with all your
strength. Decide for conversion and holiness. I am with
you, little children, and I call you to perfection of your
soul and of everything you do” (03/25/2001).
Live Your Mother’s Messages
One mistake a person can make is to ignore Our
Lady’s injunctions. Another is to think that her invitation
to conversion is meant for somebody else. “You speak
much, little children, but little do you work on your own
conversion” (09/25/1998).
“There are many who think they are doing a lot by
talking about the messages but do not live them”
(05/25/1991).
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“Therefore, convert and start to live my messages, not
with your words but with your life” (09/25/1998). ‘With
your life’ – that is, with the way you live, the way you be-
have, the way you think, speak, and make decisions, the
way you treat the person whom you despise as being be-
low your status in society, the way you relate to God and
his commandments.
“Today I invite all of you who have heard my message
of peace to realize it in your life with seriousness and
love” (05/25/1991). “To realize” is a verb used many
times by Our Lady, and it means “to make real, to flesh
out, to bring into concrete and actual existence.”
“Dear children, if you live the messages, you are living
the seeds of holiness” (10/10/1985). Live Mother Mary’s
messages and you will know how true this statement is;
you will receive direction and help to separate from sin
and profanity, you will become more and more united
with God, you will carry out your Christian vocation with
greater understanding.
The Blessed Mother habitually closes her messages
with the sentence: “Thank you for having responded to
my call.” This “Thank you” has the same force as the ones
seen in public places, like, “Thank you for not smoking”,
which signifies: “Do not smoke!” Besides expressing her
gratitude, Our Lady is requesting: “Respond to my call! It
is vital that you do.”
In Jesus we see the perfect example of one who
followed his Mother’s bidding, with superlative
fruitfulness. He lived in obedience to her for thirty years
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in Nazareth, and advanced in wisdom, in stature, and in
favour before God and his people. (See Luke 2:51–52.)
Daily Meditation
We invite you, fellow children of God, after you have
gone through this book once, to consider adopting it as
part of your meditative reading, concentrating on one top-
ic per day. Mother Mary beckons, “Little children, read
every day the messages I have given you and transform
them into life” (12/25/1989). Given time, she will show
you relevance.
The idea is not to finish the book within a certain length
of time. The object is to let the words sink in and become
assimilated into your thoughts and behaviour.
A way to benefit from Our Lady’s teachings is to apply
them to your personal situation. “I call you, little children,
to look deeply into your heart” (01/25/2002).
God First
“In your work and in your everyday life, put God in the
first place” (12/25/1987), the Blessed Virgin tells us. This
is a key element and a link running through all of her
instructions. It necessitates giving to God our highest
regard, and trusting him explicitly. It requires our
profound belief in his love for us and for all whom we
hold dear, and learning to count on that love with
complete abandonment and in the absence of the slightest
trace of doubt. This is how we can pray with such
confidence that our whole outlook on life is transformed.
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This is how we can talk to God in joy and peace, fully
conscious of his affectionate presence.
“Dear children, I call each one of you to start living in
God’s love” (05/25/1987).
“Above everything, little children, seek God and the
things of God” (01/25/2018).
Children
When Mother Mary begins her messages by addressing
us as “Dear children” she is reminding us that we are
God’s sons and daughters – and hers; we are cherished by
God – and by her; we are to think of ourselves and our
loved ones in that light, and to live accordingly.
She also calls us “Little children.” In this, she echoes
Jesus’ words: “Unless you change and become like little
children you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven” (Mt
18:3, New Jerusalem Bible). With Jesus, she is urging us
to live with child-like trust.
Peace
Right from the second day of her apparitions, Our Lady
put out the call for peace. “Peace, peace, peace; only
peace” (06/26/1981), she announced.
“I want each one of you to experience in your heart that
peace which God is giving” (06/25/1987).
“Therefore, pray that the Lord of peace may protect you
with his mantle and that he may help you to understand
the greatness and the importance of peace in your hearts”
(12/25/1990).
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And with peace in yourself, let it go forth to your
neighbours and beyond. “Little children, you are chosen
to witness peace and joy. If there is no peace, pray and
you will receive it. Through you and your prayer, little
children, peace will begin to flow through the world. That
is why, little children, pray, pray, pray, because prayer
works miracles in human hearts and in the world”
(10/25/2001).
“Pray in order to understand that all of you, by your life
and your example, ought to collaborate in the work of
salvation” (05/25/1996).
Prayer
The request that Mother Mary makes most often is for
her sons and daughters to pray. She says, “Let your life
become a prayer completely” (11/25/1992).
“In prayer you will discover the greatest joy and the
way out of every situation that has no escape”
(03/28/1985).
“Dear children, Satan is very strong. And therefore I
request your prayers – that you offer them for those who
are under his influence so that they be saved… If you pray
Satan cannot injure you, not even a little bit, because you
are God’s children and God watches over you. Pray, and
let the rosary be always in your hands as a sign to Satan
that you belong to me” (02/25/1988).
“Little children, the one who prays is not afraid of the
future, and the one who fasts is not afraid of evil”
(01/25/2001).
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“Little children, believe that miracles can be performed
by simple prayer. Through your prayer you open your
heart to God, and he works miracles in your life”
(10/25/2002).
“Little children, by prayer and fasting alone even wars
can be stopped” (02/25/2003).
Pray with the heart
“I call you: ‘Pray with the heart.’ Little children, you
say much but little are you praying” (02/25/2012).
Pray with tender affection and gratitude. Pray with rev-
erence, humbly, attentively, unhurriedly. Pray in faith that
you are doing something of immense importance.
“I give great graces to all who pray with the heart”
(02/06/1986).
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Please note
1. This book is not a compilation of all Mother Mary’s
messages. Its purpose is not encyclopaedic but motiva-
tional. It is hoped that the chosen excerpts herein will res-
onate in the hearts of readers, and move them to carry out
their Mother’s loving guidance with earnestness.
2. A person may browse through many messages but
can miss much of the spiritual value gained from the
experience of putting them into practice. It is more
worthwhile for the reader to reflect on just one topic at a
time, examine its significance in his or her life, and live it.
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3. Nevertheless, for the inquisitive, here is a link where
what Our Lady said on any topic can be found:
http://www.medjugorje.ws/en/messages/concordance.
4. Here too is a link where you can see every one of her
messages in many languages: http://www.medjugorje.ws.
5. The Franciscan Fathers who are in charge of the
parish administer this site: http://www.medjugorje.hr.
6. The quotations in Mother Mary speaks from
Medjugorje are translated from Croatian. Questions
concerning the interpretation of any text must be resolved
by consulting the original documents in that language.
7. The subject titles are in alphabetical order, but,
because the topics are not mutually exclusive, duplication
and overlapping do exist here and there.
8. The numbers in brackets at the end of each citation
denote the date (month/day/year) on which the message
was received.
9. The majority of the messages recorded in this book
were given through Marija every week or month. As for
ones that were not given through her, the date on which a
message was received is followed by the first name of the
visionary through whom the message was transmitted.
10. When Mother Mary stops speaking to the world
every 25th day of each month via Marija, no more new
quotations will be added to this book.
Our Lady’s Annual Messages and Special Messages to
each visionary will continue to be reported on
http://www.medjugorjeca.org. To read them, simply click
on “Messages” on the Home page of the site.
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BOOK: DO WHATEVER JESUS TELLS YOU!
The history of the book mentioned in the Preface (page
iv) goes back to Christmas, 1958. I had barely turned 20
when two questions came to mind: “Wouldn’t it be nice if
someone should write a top-notch spiritual book that is
short enough for people to read meditatively, and finish?”
and “Wouldn’t it be important if somebody should write a
book that quoted no one else but Jesus alone?” I paid no
attention to either proposition, and forgot all about them.
Lo and behold, four years later, amidst mysterious circum-
stances, I committed my life to writing just such a book.
After a quarter century, the first attempt was printed in
1984. Not knowing what to do with the 2,500 copies
stored in the basement of my house, I travelled to Medju-
gorje seeking Our Lady’s guidance. Since then, the book
has been revised and published many times in several lan-
guages. Below are four samples from the latest edition.
(1) And do not be anxious. Pray expectantly. Jesus did
not say, “Ask, and perhaps, if you deserve it, you might
receive. Search, and if you’re lucky, you might find.
Knock, and if I feel like it, I might open the door.” No.
He said: “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and
you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Everyone who asks receives; everyone who searches
finds; everyone who knocks will have the door opened. Is
there anyone among you who would hand his son a stone
when he asked for bread? Or would hand him a snake
when he asked for a fish? If you, then, evil as you are,
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know how to give your children what is good, how much
more will your Father in heaven give good things to those
who ask him?” (Mt 7:7–11)
(2) Jesus promised, “And behold, I am with you
always, until the end of the age” (Mt 28:20). Keep that
forever in your mind. Know without a doubt that Jesus is
constantly present in you. He is present not only when you
call upon him but even when you have forgotten him.
Whether you feel neglected or restless, downcast or
weary, he has not left you. At the times when you have
problems, or when you doubt your own adequacy and
worth, when you experience a sense of meaninglessness,
when you feel unimportant and small, he remains near.
Moreover, “I am with you” also means “I am not
against you! I am for you. Everything that I have ever
done on earth has been for your sake. I created the world
for you. I came to live, suffered, died, rose from the dead
– all for you. Everything I have ever taught is for your
good. Every word I have spoken is to bring you
understanding and joy. Every commandment I have given
is for your well-being.
“I am with you! I am by your side! I am on your side!”
(3) Jesus loves you. Do you know how much? Do you
know how much the Father loves Jesus? There is no love
stronger than that which God the Father has for his Son.
And yet that is exactly how much Jesus loves you! For he
says: “I have loved you just as the Father has loved me”
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(Jn 15:9). In the same way. Just as profoundly. Just as
tenderly. Just as limitlessly. Remain in his love. “If you
keep my commandments you will remain in my love, just
as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in
his love” (Jn 15:10).
(4) Jesus said to him, “You must love the Lord your
God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all
your mind. This is the greatest and the first
commandment.” (Mt 22:37–38)
How does Our Lord want us to love him? The answer
is found in the Gospel according to John, Chapter 14,
verses 15, 21, and 23. Jesus declares:
“If you love me you will keep my commandments…
Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them is
the one who loves me… Anyone who loves me will keep
my word.”
Live Jesus’ commandments; live his words
Mother Mary said, “Dear children, I cannot help you if
you do not live God’s commandments.” (10/25/1993)
“My children, stop for a moment and look into your
hearts. Is my Son, your God, truly in the first place?
Are his commandments truly the measure of your life?”
(12/02/2007, Mirjana)
On Christmas day, 2012, Mother Mary came with
little Jesus in her arms and she did not give a message, but
little Jesus began to speak and said: “I am your peace, live
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my commandments.” That was the only time Jesus spoke
in all the years of these apparitions.
Right after New Year’s Day in 2016, Our Lady gave
this message through Mirjana. “Dear children, as a mother, I am joyful to be among
you because I desire to speak anew about the words of my
Son and of his love.
I hope that you will accept me with the heart, because
the words of my Son and his love are the only light and
hope in the darkness of today. This is the only truth; and
you who will accept and live it will have pure and humble
hearts. My Son loves those who are pure and humble.
Pure and humble hearts bring to life the words of my Son;
they live them, they spread them, and they make it
possible for everyone to hear them.
The words of my Son bring back life to those who
listen to them. The words of my Son bring back love and
hope. Therefore, my beloved apostles, my children, live
the words of my Son. Love each other as he loved you.
Love each other in his name, in memory of him.
The Church is advancing and growing because of
those who listen to the words of my Son, because of those
who love, because of those who suffer and endure in
silence and in the hope of final redemption.
Therefore, my beloved children, may the words of my
Son and his love be the first and the last thought of your
day. Thank you.” (01/02/2016, Mirjana)
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ABANDON YOURSELF TO GOD
God will bestow great gifts on you if you surrender
yourselves to him. (12/19/1985)
Put your life in God’s hands. (01/25/1988)
Surrender yourselves to God so that he may heal you,
console you, and forgive everything inside you which is a
hindrance on the way of love. In this way, God can mould
your life, and you will grow in love. (06/25/1988)
Do not be afraid. Abandon yourselves to my Son with
trust and hope. (03/18/2017)
ADORATION
Unceasingly adore the Most Blessed Sacrament of the
Altar. I am always present when the faithful are adoring.
Special graces are then received by them. (03/15/1984)
Today, I invite you to fall in love with the Most Holy
Sacrament of the Altar. Adore him, little children, in your
parishes. In this way you will be united with the entire
world. Jesus will become your friend and you will not
speak of him as someone you hardly know. (09/25/1995)
Therefore, adore him in your hearts, choose him and
you will have joy in him. (12/25/2006)
BEAUTY
From day to day I wish to clothe you in holiness,
goodness, obedience and God’s love, so that from day to
day you will become more beautiful and more prepared
for your Master. (10/24/1985)
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Dear children, once again I want to call you to prayer.
When you pray you are much more beautiful, like flowers
which, after the snow, display all their beauty, and all
their colours become indescribable. So you also, dear
children, after prayer you exhibit more strongly before
God everything that is beautiful; this pleases him.
Therefore, dear children, pray, and open your inner self to
the Lord so that he may make of you a harmonious and
beautiful flower for Paradise. (12/18/1986)
Put God at the centre of your being so that, in this way,
you can witness in joy the beauty that God continually
gives in your life. (05/25/2001)
BIBLE
Dear children, today I call you to read the Bible every
day in your homes. And let it be in a visible place so as to
always encourage you to read it and to pray. (10/18/1984)
Read Sacred Scripture, live it, and pray to understand
the signs of the time… Dear little children, I want you to
be children of light and not of darkness. (08/25/1993)
Little children, you do not know how to live in the
grace of God; that is why I call you all anew to carry the
word of God in your heart and in your thoughts.
(08/25/1996)
BLESSED OBJECTS
I call you to place more blessed objects in your homes,
and I call everyone to put some blessed object on yourself.
Let all the objects be blessed, and thus Satan will attack
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you less because you will have armour against him.
(07/18/1985)
CHANGE YOUR LIFE
God wants to save you, and sends you messages
through people, nature and many things which can only
help you to understand that you must change the direction
of your life. (03/25/1990)
I have come to help you, and therefore I invite you to
change your life because you have taken a path of misery,
a path of ruin. When I told you, “Convert, pray, fast, be
reconciled”, you took these messages superficially. You
started to live them and then you stopped, because it was
difficult for you. No, dear children, when something is
good, you have to persevere in the goodness, and not
think, “God does not see me; he is not listening; he is not
helping.” (03/25/1992)
In order to understand what you have to do, little
children, pray, and God will give you what you concretely
need to do, and where you need to change. (02/25/1993)
CHRISTMAS
Dear children! You know that the season of joy is
getting closer but, without love, you will achieve nothing.
So, first of all, begin to love your own family, and
everyone in the parish, then you will be able to accept and
love all those who come here. This week should be a week
during which you learn to love. (12/13/1984)
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I am calling you to prepare yourselves for Christmas by
means of penance, prayer, and works of charity. Dear
children, do not look towards material things, because
then you will not be able to experience Christmas.
(12/05/1985)
For Christmas, my invitation is that together we glorify
Jesus. I present him to you in a special way on that day,
and my invitation to you is that on that day we glorify
Jesus and his birth. Dear children, on that day pray still
more and think more about Jesus. (12/12/1985)
COMMANDMENTS
Dear children, I cannot help you if you do not live
God’s commandments. (10/25/1993) My children, stop for a moment and look into your
hearts. Is my Son, your God, truly in the first place? Are
his commandments truly the measure of your life?
(12/02/2007, Mirjana)
Dear children! God gave you the grace to live and to
defend all the good that is in you and around you, and to
inspire others to be better and holier; but Satan, too, does
not sleep and through modernism diverts you and leads
you to his way. Therefore, little children, in the love for
my Immaculate Heart, love God above everything and live
his commandments. (05/25/2010) I am with you to help you to say “Yes” to God and to
God’s commandments with resoluteness. You are not
alone. (03/25/2017)
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CONFESSION
One must invite people to go to Confession each
month, especially the first Saturday… I have invited peo-
ple to frequent Confession… Monthly Confession will be
a remedy for the Church in the West. (08/06/1982)
Jesus desires to fill your hearts with peace and joy.
Little children, you cannot realize peace if you are not at
peace with Jesus. Therefore, I invite you to Confession so
that Jesus may be your truth and peace. (01/25/1995)
Dear children! I am calling you anew: begin the battle
against sin as in the first days, go to Confession and
decide for holiness. (03/25/2014)
CONSECRATION
Dear children, today I am very happy because there are
many who wish to consecrate themselves to me. Thank
you. You have not made a mistake. My Son Jesus Christ
wants to bestow on you special graces through me.
(05/17/1984)
I want you to consecrate yourselves as individuals,
families and parishes so that all belong to God through my
hands. (10/25/1988)
I invite all those who have said “Yes” to me to renew
their consecration to my Son Jesus, to his Heart, and to
me, so that we can take you more intensely as instruments
of peace in this unpeaceful world. (04/25/1992)
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CONVERSION
Today I invite you to conversion. This is the most
important message that I have given you here.
(02/25/1996)
Little children, with humility seek out what is not in
order in your hearts. Conversion will become a daily duty
that you will perform with joy. (04/25/1996)
You speak much, little children, but little do you work
on your own conversion. (09/25/1998)
You cannot be converted, little children, if you do not
abandon sins and do not decide for love towards God and
neighbour. (01/25/2002)
Little children, you are not holy enough and you do not
radiate holiness to others; therefore pray, pray, pray and
work on your personal conversion, so that you may be a
sign of God’s love to others. (08/25/2009)
CRUCIFIX, THE
Pray especially before the crucifix from which great
graces come. (09/12/1985)
Today, in a special way, I invite you to take the crucifix
in your hands and meditate on the wounds of Jesus. Seek
from Jesus that he heals your wounds which you, dear
children, sustained during your life because of your sins or
the sins of your parents. (03/25/1997)
Also today I call all of you for your hearts to blaze with
more ardent love for the Crucified; and do not forget that,
out of love for you, he gave his life so that you may be
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saved. Little children, meditate and pray that your heart
may be open to God’s love. (09/25/2007)
DARKNESS
I do not want your hearts to wander in today’s darkness.
I will help you. I will be with you on this way of discovery
of the love and mercy of God. (03/18/1999, Mirjana)
Little children, how many graces the Most High has
given to you and how many graces he desires to give to
you! But, little children, your hearts are closed and you
live in fear, and you do not permit Jesus to let his love and
his peace overcome your hearts and to begin to reign in
your lives. To live without God means to live in darkness
and never to come to know the Father’s love and his care
for each of you. (12/25/2015, Jakov)
DECIDE FOR GOD
The way is difficult for those who have not decided for
God. (10/25/1987)
Today I invite you to decide for God once again, and to
choose him before everything else and above everything
else, so that he may perform miracles in your life, and
that, day by day, your life may become joy with him.
(01/25/1990)
Decide for God, little children, and you will find in
God the peace your heart seeks. (09/25/2006)
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DRAW NEAR TO GOD
I invite you to draw still closer to God through prayer.
Only in this way will I be able to help you and protect you
from every attack of Satan. I am with you and I intercede
for you with God, that he protects you. But I need your
prayers and your “Yes.” You get lost easily in material
and human things and forget that God is your greatest
friend. Therefore, my dear little children, draw near to
God so that he may protect you and guard you from every
evil. (02/25/1992)
ETERNITY
Dear children! Do not forget that you are here on earth
on the way to eternity and that your home is in Heaven.
(07/25/2000)
Therefore, yearn for eternity and keep preparing your
hearts in prayer. (10/25/2014)
Glorify God, the Creator, who loves you and is calling
you to eternity. Little children, life is short; you, make
good use of this time and do what is good. (04/25/2016)
EVIL
God allows me to help you every day with graces to
defend yourselves against evil. (10/25/1984)
I am calling you to love towards neighbour and love
towards the one from whom evil comes to you.
(11/07/1985)
Therefore I am calling you that, by prayer and by your
life, you help to destroy everything in people that is evil
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and uncover the deception which Satan makes use of.
(09/25/1986)
Let good overcome evil. (07/25/1995)
And you, do not be afraid because the one who prays is
not afraid of evil and has no hatred is his heart.
(09/25/2001)
Return to fasting and Confession so as to overcome the
evil in you and around you. (10/25/2016)
FAITH
Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.
(06/28/1981)
The people should believe firmly and have no fear.
(06/29/1981)
I am near to you and I invite all of you, little children,
into my embrace so that I may help you; but you do not
want it, and so Satan puts you to the test, and in the
smallest trifles your faith disappears. (03/25/1995)
I call you to convert and to believe in God more firmly.
Children, you seek peace and pray in different ways, but
you have not yet given your hearts to God for him to fill
them with his love. (05/25/1999)
To believe, my children, means to surrender your lives
into God’s hands – the hands of the Lord who created you
and who loves you immeasurably. Do not be believers
only in words but live and witness your faith.
(12/25/2017, Jakov)
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FAMILIES
I ask the families of the parish to pray the rosary in the
family. (09/27/1984)
Dear children, I beseech you to start changing your life
in the family. Let the family be a harmonious flower
which I desire to give to Jesus. (05/01/1986)
Therefore, dear children, let your family be a place
where holiness is born. (07/24/1986)
Dear children, pray and find more time for Jesus, and
then you will be able to understand and accept everything,
even the most difficult sicknesses and crosses.
(01/25/1992)
I want you to awaken love in your families so that love
will reign where there is unrest and hatred. (04/25/1993)
In this time, Satan wants to create disorder in your
hearts and in your families. Little children, do not give in.
Do not permit him to direct you and your lives.
(01/25/1994)
Today I invite you to live peace in your hearts and
families. (03/25/1995)
Little children, put Sacred Scripture in a visible place in
your family, and read and live it. Teach your children,
because if you are not an example to them, children depart
into godlessness. (08/25/1996)
By prayer and the reading of Sacred Scripture let the
Holy Spirit – who will renew you – enter into your
families. In this way you will become teachers of faith in
your family. (04/25/2005)
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FASTING
Dear children, today I call you to begin fasting with the
heart. There are enough people who fast – but only
because everybody else is fasting. It has become a routine
which no one wants to discontinue. I ask the parish to fast
out of gratitude because God has allowed me to stay so
long in this parish. (09/20/1984)
Satan is strong and wants to sweep away my plans of
peace and joy and make you think that my Son is not
strong in his decisions. Therefore, I call all of you, dear
children, to pray and fast still more firmly. (08/25/1991)
Little children, the one who prays is not afraid of the
future, and the one who fasts is not afraid of evil.
(01/25/2001)
Little children, by prayer and fasting alone even wars
can be stopped. (02/25/2003)
By fasting and renunciation, little children, you will be
stronger in faith. (03/25/2007)
FATHER
Speak with God as with your Father. Open and
surrender your hearts to him and you will see how your
hearts are changing and how your life will marvel at
God’s works in your life. (12/25/2017, Jakov)
Pray for the strength of faith; trust in the love of the
Heavenly Father. (03/18/2018, Mirjana)
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FATIMA
I invite you to renunciation for nine days so that, with
your help, everything I wanted to realize through the
secrets I began in Fatima may be fulfilled. (08/25/1991)
Pray for peace so that as soon as possible the Era of
Peace, for which my heart waits impatiently, may reign.
(06/25/1995)
Dear children! I wish to share my joy with you. In my
Immaculate Heart I feel that there are many who have
drawn closer to me and, in a special way, carry the
Triumph of my Immaculate Heart in their hearts through
prayer and personal conversion. (08/25/2000)
FEAR NOT!
Do not be anxious or worried. God will help you and
show you the way. (05/25/1988)
Through prayer and fasting alone even wars can be
stopped – the wars of your unbelief and fear for the future.
(01/25/2001)
Dear children, as a mother, I implore you, open your
heart and offer it to me, and fear nothing. (03/18/2002)
Dear children! Do not be afraid, I am always with you.
(06/25/2003, Ivanka)
FORGIVENESS
I am Mother, and even though I feel pain for each one
who goes astray, I forgive easily, and am happy for every
child who returns to me. (11/14/1985)
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I am with you and I invite all of you, little children, to
forgive in the family first of all, and then you will be able
to forgive others. (01/25/1996)
Dear children, pray with the heart to know how to
forgive and how to be forgiven. (06/25/1997, Ivanka)
FREELY
I want to lead you on the way of holiness, but I do not
want to compel you to be saints by force. I wish that each
one of you would help yourself and me by your little self-
denials so that I can lead you closer to holiness day by
day. (10/09/1986)
Day by day I pray for you, and I want to draw you ever
nearer to God; but I cannot if you do not want it.
(01/25/1988)
Little children, I do not wish to force you, but, freely
and as children of God, give your time to God.
(07/25/1989)
GIFT
God will give you gifts by which you will glorify him
till the end of your life on this earth. (06/02/1984)
Little children, rejoice in everything that you have, and
give thanks to God because everything is God’s gift to
you. (04/25/1989)
Little children, understand also the greatness of the gift
which God is giving to you through me: that I am
protecting you with my mantle. (03/25/1990)
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God gives me this time as a gift to you so that I may
instruct and lead you on the path of salvation.
(08/25/1997)
GLORIFY GOD
I bless you and I desire that you, dear children, become
alive to the graces and place everything at God’s disposal
so that he may be glorified through you. (12/25/1986)
Let your everyday be filled with prayer of gratitude to
God for life and for all that you have. I do not desire your
life to pass by in words but that you glorify God with
deeds. (04/25/1991)
Through me, my Son is preparing you for the works
which he desires to do through you – works through
which he desires to be glorified. (03/18/2013, Mirjana)
GOD (See also GOD’S LOVE)
God can give you everything that you seek from him.
But you seek God only when sicknesses, problems and
difficulties come to you, and you think that God is far
from you and is not listening and does not hear your
prayers. No, dear children, that is not the truth.
(01/25/1988)
You get lost easily in material and human things, and
forget that God is your greatest friend. (02/25/1992)
God is all-powerful in your daily life. (05/25/1992)
Little children, believe, pray and love, and God will be
near you. He will give you the gift of all the graces you
seek from him. (10/25/2005)
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GOD FIRST
In your work and in your everyday life, put God in the
first place. (12/25/1987)
Little children, when you put God in the first place,
then you will seek God’s will in all that you do.
(04/25/1996)
Above everything, little children, seek God and the
things of God and leave earthly ones to the earth.
(01/25/2018)
GOD’S LOVE
Dear children, I call each one of you to start living in
God’s love. (05/25/1987)
God loves you with immeasurable love. (09/25/2012) Rejoice in the love, little children, that in the eyes of
God you are unrepeatable and irreplaceable, because you
are God’s joy in this world. (10/25/2015)
I desire for you to learn to trust boundlessly in his mer-
cy and his love, as I always trusted. (03/18/2016, Mirjana)
GOODNESS
These days are the days when you need to decide for
God, for peace, and for good. Let all hatred and jealousy
disappear from your life and from your thoughts, and let
only love for God and neighbour dwell there.
(01/25/1993)
Little children, tell everyone, “I want goodness for
you,” and he will respond with goodness, and, little
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children, good will come to dwell in the heart of each
person. (12/25/1997)
Little children, leave a sign of goodness and love
wherever you pass, and God will bless you with an
abundance of his blessing. (01/25/2007)
GRACES
Dear children! You are a chosen people and God has
given you great graces. (11/15/1984)
Dear children, seek from God the graces which he is
giving you through me. I am ready to intercede with God
for all that you seek so that your holiness may be com-
plete. Therefore, dear children, do not forget to seek,
because God has permitted me to obtain graces for
you. (08/25/1987)
Little children, open your hearts to the grace to which
you are all called. (05/25/2017)
GROWTH
A flower cannot grow without water. So you also, dear
children, cannot grow without God’s blessing. You need
to seek his blessing from day to day so that you will grow
normally and perform all your actions in union with God.
(04/10/1986)
I wish that through each one of you God’s plan may be
fulfilled, and that everything God has planted in your
heart may keep on growing. (04/25/1987)
I desire to inspire you all: grow and rejoice in the Lord
who has created you. (01/25/2010)
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HEART
Work and change your hearts so that a new spirit from
God would settle in your hearts. (04/25/1985)
Children, you seek peace and pray in different ways,
but you have not yet given your hearts to God for him to
fill them with his love. So, I am with you to teach you and
to bring you closer to the love of God. (05/25/1999)
Dear children! Do not seek peace and happiness futilely
in the wrong places and in the wrong things. Do not allow
your hearts to become hard by loving vanity. (03/18/2000,
Mirjana)
You, little children, open the door of your heart so that
hope, peace and love, which only God gives, may grow in
your heart. (08/25/2016)
HEART OF MARY
My heart follows carefully each one of your steps.
(12/25/1986)
Satan is strong and therefore, dear children, by constant
prayer press tightly to my motherly heart. (10/25/1988)
I desire to take you into my heart and protect you, but
you have not yet decided. (01/25/1992)
Little children, you are dear to me. I love you all; and I
call you to be closer to me and that your love towards my
Immaculate Heart be more ardent. (10/25/1996)
Do not forget, I am your mother, and I feel pain for
each one who is far from my heart; but I do not leave you
on your own. (09/25/2005)
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HEAVEN
Disregard petty things. Long for Heaven. (07/25/1987)
In Heaven you will receive the Father’s reward which
he has promised you. (02/25/1988)
Decide for holiness, little children, and think of heaven.
Only in this way, will you have peace in your heart which
no one will be able to destroy. (05/25/2006)
Pray that through prayer you may yearn for Heaven and
the things of Heaven and your hearts will see everything
differently. (05/25/2017)
HOLINESS
Dear children, I rejoice because of all of you who are
on the way of holiness, and I beseech you, by your
personal witness, to help those who do not know how to
live in holiness. Therefore, dear children, let your family
be a place where holiness is born. Help everyone to live in
holiness, but especially your own family. (07/24/1986)
Especially, dear children, I call you to begin to live in
holiness by your prayers and sacrifices. (11/13/1986)
I love you and therefore I want you to be holy. I do not
want Satan to block you on that way. Dear children, pray
and accept all that God is offering you on a way which is
bitter. But at the same time, God will reveal every
sweetness to whoever begins to go on that way, and who
gladly answers every call of God. (07/25/1987)
Little children, let holiness be for you always in the first
place in your thoughts and in each situation, in work and
in speech. In this way you will also be putting it into
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practice; little by little, step by step, prayer and the
decision for holiness will enter into your family.
(08/25/2001)
HOLY SPIRIT
Tonight I wish to tell you during the days of this
novena to pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on
your families and on your parish. Pray, and you will not
regret it. (06/02/1984)
I invite you to open yourselves to God by means of
prayer so that the Holy Spirit may begin to work miracles
in you and through you… Therefore, dear little children,
pray, pray, pray, and do what the Holy Spirit inspires you
to do. (05/25/1993)
Especially, little children, pray for the gifts of the Holy
Spirit so that in the spirit of love, every day and in each
situation, you may be closer to your fellowmen, and that
you may overcome every difficulty in wisdom and love.
(05/25/2000)
Open your hearts to the Holy Spirit so that all the good
that is in you may blossom and bear fruit one hundred
fold. (07/25/2011)
HOPE
Through Jesus’ love, you will be able to overcome all
the misery in this sorrowful world which is without hope
for those who do not know Jesus. (11/25/1991)
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Pray, little children, in a special way, because Satan is
strong and wants to destroy hope in your heart.
(08/25/1994)
Pray with the heart, little children, and do not lose hope
– because God loves his creatures. (03/25/2003)
Open your hearts to God’s mercy and he will give you
everything you need, and will fill your hearts with peace –
for he is peace, and your hope. (11/25/2010)
I do not lose hope that this world will change for the
good and that peace will reign in the hearts of people.
(01/25/2011)
Little children, may hope in a better tomorrow be al-
ways in your heart. (01/25/2015)
HUMILITY
Today I invite you to live in humility all the messages
which I am giving you. In living the messages do not
become arrogant and say, “I am living the messages.” If
you carry the messages in your heart and live them,
everyone will feel it, so that words – which serve those
who do not obey – will not be required. It is not necessary
for you to speak with words. (09/20/1985)
Dear children, all that you do for others do with great
joy and humility towards God. (11/25/1990)
You must be lowly. You must make yourselves lowlier
than others, and, with the help of faith, fill yourselves with
his love. (01/02/2017, Mirjana)
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JESUS
I desire, little children, to guide you all to Jesus because
he is your salvation. (06/25/1994)
By your daily life, little children, you will become an
example and give evidence that you live for Jesus or
against him and his will. (03/25/1998)
That is why, little children, in the silence of the heart,
remain with Jesus so that he may change and transform
you with his love. (07/25/1998)
In this time of grace, I call you to become Jesus’
friends. (02/25/2002)
Today I call you to unite with Jesus in prayer. Open
your heart to him and give him everything that is in it:
joys, sorrows and illnesses. Let this be a time of grace for
you. Pray, little children, and let every moment belong to
Jesus. (03/25/2002)
The way to my Son, who is true peace and love, passes
through the love for all neighbours. (03/18/2005,
Mirjana)
JESUS’ WORDS: LIVE THEM!
Pure and humble hearts bring to life the words of my
Son; they live them, they spread them, and they make it
possible for everyone to hear them. The words of my Son
bring back life to those who listen to them. The words of
my Son bring back love and hope. Therefore, my beloved
apostles, my children, live the words of my Son. Love
each other as he loved you. (01/02/2016, Mirjana)
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JOY
I want each one of you to be happy; but in sin nobody
can be happy. Therefore, dear children, pray; and in
prayer you will become conscious of a new way of joy.
Joy will manifest itself in your hearts, and in this way you
will be joyful witnesses of what my Son and I want from
each one of you. (02/25/1987)
Dear children! I am looking at you and in your hearts I
do not see joy. Today I desire to give you the joy of the
Risen One, that he may lead you and embrace you with
his love and tenderness. (10/25/2011)
God desires to give you joy and peace through prayer
but you, little children, are still far away – attached to the
earth and to earthly things. Therefore, I call you anew:
open your heart and your sight towards God and the
things of God – and joy and peace will come to reign in
your hearts. (05/25/2012)
LENT
This Lent is a special incentive for you to change. Start
from this moment. Turn off the television and renounce
various things that are of no value. (02/13/1986)
The second message of these Lenten days is that you
renew prayer before the crucifix. Dear children, from the
crucifix I give you special graces and Jesus gives you
special gifts. (02/20/1986)
I call you to live this Lent by means of little sacrifices.
(03/13/1986)
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In this time I especially want you to renounce all the
things to which you are attached but which are hurting
your spiritual life. (02/25/1990)
In this time of renunciation, prayer and penance, I call
you anew: go and confess your sins so that grace may
open your hearts, and permit it to change you.
(02/25/2009)
LIFE
Today I invite you all to rejoice in the life which God
gives you. Little children, rejoice in God the Creator
because he has created you so wonderfully. Pray that your
life will be a joyful thanksgiving which flows out of your
heart like a river of joy. (08/25/1988)
Pray that you may be able to comprehend the greatness
and the beauty of the gift of life. (01/25/1990)
Dear children! My earthly life was simple. I loved and
rejoiced in small things. I loved life – the gift from God –
even though pain and suffering pierced my heart. My
children, I had the strength of faith and boundless trust in
God’s love. All those who have the strength of faith are
stronger. Faith makes you live according to what is good
and then the light of God’s love always comes at the
desired moment. (03/18/2018, Mirjana)
LIGHT
In your life you have all experienced light and
darkness. God grants to every person that he recognizes
good and evil. I am calling you to light which you should
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carry to all the people who are in darkness. People who
are in darkness come into your homes daily. Dear
children, give them light! (03/14/1985)
I will intercede for you and help you to become light. In
helping others your soul will also find salvation.
(05/25/1996)
Through you I wish to renew the world. Understand,
little children, that today you are the salt of the earth and
the light of the world. (10/25/1996)
LOVE
Be conscious, my beloved, that I am your mother and I
have come on earth to teach you to listen out of love, to
pray out of love and not compelled by the fact that you are
carrying a cross. (11/29/1984)
Dear children, through love you will achieve
everything, even what you think is impossible.
(02/28/1985)
I am calling you to love towards neighbour and love
towards the one from whom evil comes to you.
(11/07/1985)
Conquer every sin with love. With love, overcome all
difficulties that come to you. (07/10/1986)
Hatred gives birth to dissension and does not see
anyone or anything. I call you to always bring harmony
and peace. Especially, dear children, in the place where
you live, act with love. Let your sole instrument always be
love. By love turn into good everything which Satan
desires to destroy and possess. (07/31/1986)
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I want you to love all people with my love, both the
good and the bad. (05/25/1988)
Little children, love bears everything bitter and difficult
for the sake of Jesus who is love. (06/25/1988)
Therefore, dear children, pray that a fountain of love
will flow from your heart to every person, including the
one who hates you and the one who despises you.
(11/25/1991)
Love and do not be afraid, my children, because in love
there is no fear. (03/18/1995, Mirjana)
I call you all to love, not with a human love, but with
God’s love. In this way, your life will be more beautiful
and without self-interest. (09/25/1997)
To love means to give oneself, to endure, and never to
judge. To love means to live the words of my Son.
(03/18/2017)
MASS
I am calling you to more active prayer and attendance at
Holy Mass. I wish your Mass to be an experience of God.
(05/16/1985)
What I want from you is to show me your love by com-
ing to Mass, and the Lord will reward you abundantly.
(11/21/1985)
I have chosen you, dear children, but Jesus gives you
his graces at Mass. Therefore, live Holy Mass
consciously, and let your coming to it be joyful. Come to
it with love. (04/03/1986)
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Let Holy Mass, little children, not be a formality for
you, but life. (01/25/1998)
May the Mass, the most exalted and most powerful act
of your prayer, be the centre of your spiritual life.
(08/02/2008, Mirjana)
The Church needs apostles who by living the Eucharist
with the heart do great works; it needs you, my apostles of
love. (12/02/2015, Mirjana)
MATERIALISM (SEE ALSO WORLDLINESS)
Your hearts are turned towards earthly things, and they
preoccupy you. (05/09/1985)
You are absorbed with material things, but in material
things you lose everything that God wishes to give you.
(04/17/1986)
In this time, due to the spirit of consumerism, when one
forgets what it means to love and to cherish true values, I
invite you again, little children, to put God first in your
life. Do not let Satan attract you through material things.
(03/25/1996)
I invite you to reflect on your future. You are creating a
new world without God but only with your own strength.
That is why you are dissatisfied and without joy in the
heart. (01/25/1997)
Open yourselves to prayer and seek from God the
conversion of your hearts; everything else he sees and
provides. (04/25/2002)
Therefore, my children, cleanse your hearts. Free your-
selves from everything that binds you to only what is
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earthly, and permit what is of God to form your life by
your prayer and sacrifice – so that God’s Kingdom may be
in your heart; that you may begin to live proceeding from
God the Father; that you may always strive to walk with
my Son. But for all of this, my children, you must be poor
in spirit and filled with love and mercy. You must have
pure and simple hearts and always be ready to serve.
(03/18/2016, Mirjana)
Little children, you are too bound to the earth and
earthly things, that is why Satan is rolling you like the
wind rolls the waves of the sea. (08/25/2016)
You, little children, pray and fight against materialism,
modernism and egoism, which the world offers to you.
Little children, you decide for holiness, and I, with my
Son Jesus, intercede for you. (01/25/2017)
MEDJUGORJE: OUR LADY’S CHOICE
Dear children, I have chosen this parish in a special
way and I wish to lead it. I am guarding it in love … I
wish that you are always with me and my Son in ever
greater numbers. (03/01/1984)
Dear children, I love you, and in a special way I have
chosen this parish which is dearer to me than the others,
and in which I have gladly remained when the Almighty
sent me. (03/21/1985)
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MEDJUGORJE PARISHIONERS
Dear children, you in the parish, be converted. This is
my other wish. That way those who will come here will be
able to convert. (03/08/1984)
Today I beseech you to stop slandering and to pray for
the unity of the parish, because I and my Son have a
special plan for this parish. (04/12/1984)
Dear children, tomorrow night pray for the Spirit of
truth. Especially you from the parish. Because you need
the Spirit of truth to be able to convey the messages just
the way they are, neither adding anything to them, nor
taking anything whatsoever away from them, but just the
way I said them. Pray that the Holy Spirit inspire you with
the spirit of prayer, that you pray more. I, your Mother,
tell you that little do you pray. (06/09/1984)
Especially, let the young people of this parish be more
active in their prayers. (07/26/1984)
Dear children, I beseech you, especially those from this
parish, to live my messages and convey them to others –
to whomever you meet. (08/16/1984)
There are enough parishioners who are not listening to
the messages, but, because of those who are close to my
heart in a special way, because of them I am giving
messages for the parish. And I will go on giving them
because I love you and I want you to spread my messages
with your heart. (01/10/1985)
These days Satan is manifesting himself in a special
way in this parish. Pray, dear children, that God’s plan is
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brought into effect and that every work of Satan ends up
for the glory of God. (02/07/1985)
From day to day I have been inviting you in the parish
to renewal and prayer, but you do not accept. Today I am
calling you for the last time! Now it is Lent, and you as a
parish can turn to my messages out of love during Lent. If
you do not do that, I do not want to give messages to you.
(02/21/1985)
Today is the day when I had wished to stop giving the
messages because some individuals did not accept me.
The parish has responded well and therefore I wish to give
you messages as it has never been done in history from the
beginning of the world. (04/04/1985)
You, members of this parish, have a large and heavy
cross to bear; but do not be afraid to carry it. My Son is
here to help you. (04/05/1985, Ivanka)
Today I wish to tell everyone in the parish to pray in a
special way to the Holy Spirit for enlightenment.
(04/11/1985)
During these days people from all nations will be
coming into the parish. And now I am calling you to love:
love first of all your own household members, and then
you will be able to accept and love all who come here.
(06/06/1985)
These days you have felt great joy because of all the
people who have come. You have related your
experiences with love. Now I invite you to continue in
humility, and with an open heart speak to all those who
come here. (06/28/1985)
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I love this parish, and with my mantle I am protecting it
from every work of Satan. Pray that Satan retreats from
the parish and from every individual who comes into the
parish. In that way you will be able to hear every call of
God and answer it with your life. (07/11/1985)
Dear children, Satan’s plan has failed. Pray for the
fulfilment of what God plans in this parish. (09/05/1985)
Dear children, I am giving the messages first of all to
the residents of the parish, and then to all the others. You
must accept the messages first, then others will accept
them too. (02/06/1986)
You are the ones responsible for the messages. The
source of grace is here, but you, dear children, are the
vessels which transport the gifts. (05/08/1986)
Without love, dear children, you can do nothing.
Therefore, dear children, I am calling you to live in
mutual love. Only in that way will you be able to love and
accept both me and all those around you who come into
your parish. Everyone will sense my love through you.
(05/29/1986)
I want you to understand that I desire to realize here not
only a place of prayer but also a meeting of hearts. I desire
that my heart, Jesus’, and yours, become one heart of love
and peace. That is why, little children, pray and rejoice
over everything that God does here, in spite of Satan
provoking quarrels and unrest. I am with you and I lead
you all on the way of love. (07/25/1999)
Little children, do not forget that you are all important
in this great plan which God leads through Medjugorje.
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God desires to convert the entire world and to call it to
salvation and to the way towards himself who is the
beginning and the end of every being. (06/25/2007)
MERCY OF GOD, THE
Open your hearts to God’s mercy and he will give you
everything you need, and will fill your hearts with peace.
(11/25/2010)
My children, Jesus loves you and gives you the grace to
live in his mercy, but sin has overtaken many of your
hearts and you live in darkness. Therefore, my children,
do not wait; say “No” to sin and surrender your hearts to
my Son, because only in this way will you be able to live
God’s mercy. (12/25/2012, Jakov)
Through your love for my Son and through your prayer,
I desire for God’s light to illuminate you and
God’s mercy to fill you. In this way, I desire for the dark-
ness, and the shadow of death which wants to encompass
and mislead you, to be driven away. I desire for you to
feel the joy of the blessing of God’s prom-
ise. (03/18/2014, Mirjana)
MERCY, WORKS OF
I call each one of you to begin to live as of today the
life which God wishes of you, and to begin to perform
good works of love and mercy. (03/25/1987)
Give love to each other as your Father gives it to you.
Be merciful – with the heart. Do good works, not letting
them wait for you too long. Every mercy that comes from
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the heart brings you closer to my Son. (03/18/2001,
Mirjana)
I call you to be love where there is hatred, and be food
where there is hunger. Open your hearts, little children,
and let your hands be extended and generous, so that
through you every creature may thank God the Creator.
(09/25/2004)
MESSAGES: THEY COME FROM HEAVEN
Little children, know that this is a time of grace for
each of you; and with me, little children, you are secure. I
desire to lead you all on the way of holiness. Live my
messages, and put into life every word that I am giving
you. May they be precious to you because they come from
heaven. (06/25/2002)
MESSAGES: LIVE THEM!
I beseech you to listen to and live your Mother’s call,
because I am only calling you out of love in order to help
you. (01/16/1986)
You talk but you do not act. I call on you to do
everything that I am telling you. (05/15/1986)
I do not want you, dear children, to live the messages
and be committing sin; that displeases me. (03/25/1987)
Pray, live my messages, and then you will see the
miracle of God’s love in your daily life. (03/25/1992)
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MESSAGES: SPREAD THEM!
I wish you to be active in living and spreading the
messages. (06/05/1986)
Little children, I want all of you who have felt the
fragrance of holiness through these messages which I am
giving you, to carry this fragrance into the world which is
hungry for God and for his love. (03/25/1994)
Little children, be joyful carriers of my messages.
(05/25/2002)
MOTHER MARY HELPS YOU
God allows me every day to help you with graces to
defend yourselves against evil. (10/25/1984)
I am your mother and I want to help you. (06/19/1986)
I am with you and helping you by my prayer that God
gives you strength to love. (04/25/1993)
God sends me to help you and guide you to Paradise
which is your goal. (09/25/1994)
MOTHER MARY IS WITH YOU
Little children, do not be afraid because I am with you
even when you think there is no way out and that Satan is
in control. (07/25/1988)
From day to day I am closer and closer to you, although
you are not conscious of it and do not want to admit that
you are bound to me only a little bit in prayer.
(05/25/1992)
I am with you, and every day I bless you with my
motherly blessing, so that God may fill you with the
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abundance of his grace for your daily life. Thank God for
the gift that I can be with you, because I tell you: this is a
great grace. (07/25/1992)
My eyes and my heart will be here even when I will no
longer appear. (03/18/1996, Mirjana)
You are not alone; I am with you through the grace
which the Most High gives me for you and your descend-
ants. (03/25/2017)
MOTHER MARY LOVES YOU
Dear children! I have told you already that I have
chosen you in a special way, just the way you are. I, the
Mother, love you all. And, at any moment that is difficult
for you, do not be afraid! Because I love you even when
you are far from me and my Son. (05/24/1984)
I do not know what else to tell you, because I love you
and I desire that, in prayer, you become conscious of my
love and God’s love. (11/15/1984)
You know, dear children, that I love you immeasurably,
and I pray daily that the Lord will help you understand the
love which I am showing you. (08/21/1986)
You know that I love you and that out of love I burn for
you. (11/20/1986)
Therefore, dear children, decide again for God. Only in
that way will I be able to show how very dear you are to
me and how much I desire all to be saved and to be with
me in Heaven. (11/27/1986)
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I love you, dear children, and so, not even knowing
how many times, I go on calling you and thanking you for
all that you are doing for my intentions. (06/25/1987)
Little children, do not forget that I love you with a
tender love. (02/25/2005) Dear children! I come to you as a Mother with gifts. I
come with love and mercy. Dear children, mine is a big
heart. (03/18/2007, Mirjana)
Again I say to you, if you knew how much I love you,
you would cry with happiness. (03/18/2009, Mirjana)
MOTHER MARY NEEDS YOU
Dear children, without you I cannot help the world. I
desire that you co-operate with me in everything, even in
the smallest things. Therefore, dear children, help me by
letting your prayer be from the heart, and by all of you
surrendering completely to me. (08/28/1986)
You know, dear children, that with your help I can
accomplish everything and force Satan not to seduce you
to evil and to remove himself from this place.
(09/04/1986)
That is why I am calling you all to build a new world of
peace with me through prayer. Without you I cannot do
this. And therefore I call you with my motherly love, and
God will do the rest. So open up to God’s plans and to his
designs so that you would be able to co-operate with him
for peace and for good. (12/25/1992)
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MOTHER MARY NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS
I still need your prayers. You wonder why all these
prayers? Look around you, dear children, and you will see
how greatly sin has dominated the world. Pray, therefore,
that Jesus conquers. (09/13/1984)
MOTHER MARY PRAYS FOR YOU
I pray for you and intercede before God for peace: first
for peace in your hearts, then around you, so that God may
be your peace. (06/25/1992)
I intercede for each of you before God, for your heart to
be open to God and to God’s love. (03/25/2000)
I am praying with you and for you, little children, that
from day to day you may become still more open to God’s
will. (01/25/2014)
Also today I am praying to the Holy Spirit to fill your
hearts with a strong faith. Prayer and faith will fill your
heart with love and joy, and you will be a sign for those
who are far from God. (09/25/2015)
MOTHER MARY PROTECTS YOU
I am protecting you with my motherly mantle.
(04/25/1988)
Dear children, I am with you even though you are not
conscious of it. I wish to protect you from everything that
Satan offers you and through which he wants to destroy
you. (03/25/1990)
Dear children, these are special times, and therefore I
am with you to love and protect you, to protect your hearts
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from Satan and to bring you all nearer to the heart of my
Son Jesus. (06/25/1993)
MOTHER MARY: SET OUT WITH HER!
I desire to teach you real love so that others may see it
in you, that you may see it in others, that you may be a
brother to them, and that others may see a merciful brother
in you. My children, do not be afraid to open your hearts
to me. With motherly love, I will show you what I expect
of each of you, what I expect of my apostles. Set out with
me. (03/18/2011, Mirjana)
MOTHER MARY THANKS YOU
Thank you for having responded to my call.
(03/08/1984)
I want to thank you for all your sacrifices. (01/10/1985)
I thank you for having started to think more about
God’s glory in your hearts. (04/04/1985)
I want to thank everyone for all they have done for me,
especially the youth. (11/28/1985)
I thank you for the love which you are showing me.
(08/21/1986)
I want to thank you for your presence in this place
where I am giving you special graces. (03/25/1987)
I thank God especially for all the vocations of those
who said “Yes” to God completely. (12/25/2000)
Thank you for your prayers, because through them my
plan is being realized. (06/25/2001, Ivanka)
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I am with you and I thank God for each of you who has
accepted and lives prayer with seriousness. (10/25/2001)
I thank you for putting into life what I am saying to
you. (06/25/2003)
NEW TIME
I wish to renew prayer with you and to call you to fast. I
desire to offer these to my Son Jesus for the coming of a
new time – a time of spring. (10/25/2000)
OASIS OF PEACE
God permits me to bring about this oasis of peace
together with him. I wish to call on you to protect it, and
that the oasis be always unspoiled. There are those who
are destroying peace and prayer by their carelessness. I
invite you to give witness and to help to preserve peace by
your life. (06/26/1986)
You know that I promised you an oasis of peace, but
you do not know that beside an oasis stands the desert
where Satan is lurking and wants to tempt each one of
you. Dear children, it is only by prayer that you can
overcome every influence of Satan in your place.
(08/07/1986)
OPENNESS TO GOD
Open yourselves to God and surrender all your
difficulties and crosses to him so that he may turn
everything into joy. (07/25/1989)
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In this way, in your life you will discover the peace and
joy which God gives to those who have an open heart to
his love. (08/25/2007)
OPENNESS TO MOTHER MARY
I love you with my maternal love, and I invite you to
open yourselves completely to me so that, through each
one of you, I can convert and save this world which is full
of sin and things that are not good. (08/25/1992)
Little children, open your hearts and give me
everything that is in them: joys, sorrows and every pain,
even the smallest one, so that I may offer them to Jesus, so
that with his immeasurable love he may burn and
transform your sorrows into the joy of his resurrection.
(02/25/1999)
PEACE
Peace, peace, peace; only peace… Peace must reign
between man and God, and between all people.
(06/26/1981)
I am with you and I intercede for you before God. Pray,
because Satan wants to destroy my plans of peace. Be
reconciled with one another, and by your lives help peace
to reign upon the whole earth. (12/25/1990)
Do not speak about peace, but make peace.
(02/25/1991)
At this time peace is being threatened in a special way,
and I am seeking from you to renew fasting and prayer in
your families. Dear children, I want you to grasp the
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seriousness of the situation and that much of what will
happen depends on your prayers. (07/25/1991)
Little children, you cannot realize peace if you are not
at peace with Jesus. Therefore, I invite you to Confession
so that Jesus may be your truth and peace. (01/25/1995)
Dear children! As a mother I beseech you, do not go on
the way you have been going. That is a way without love
towards neighbour and towards my Son. On that way, you
will find only hardness and emptiness of heart, and not the
peace that everyone is crying out for. (03/18/1997,
Mirjana)
Sin is preventing you from opening yourselves
completely to the grace and peace which God desires to
give you…. Do not seek peace and joy in the things of this
world, because this is all passing. Long for true mercy and
peace which come only from God; and only in this way
will your hearts be filled with true joy. (12/25/2016, Ja-
kov)
PENANCE
I wish to call you to persistent prayer and penance.
(07/26/1984)
This is a time of penance and conversion. (02/25/2004)
PERSEVERANCE
In a special way this evening, I am calling you to
perseverance in trials. (03/29/1984)
Dear children, with joy, work persistently on your con-
version. (09/25/2009)
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May the Risen One give you strength to be always
strong in the trials of life and to be faithful and
persevering in prayer... Pray, little children, and do not
lose hope. (04/25/2018)
PLAN
Dear children! By your prayers, you have helped me to
realize my plans. Keep on praying that my plans be
realized completely. (09/27/1984)
Satan has taken part of the plan and wants to possess it.
Pray that he does not succeed in that. (08/01/1985)
Especially, live the fast, because by fasting you will
achieve – and cause me joy – the fulfilling of the whole
plan which God is planning here in Medjugorje.
(09/26/1985)
Dear children, I want you to understand that God has
chosen each one of you so as to use you in a great plan for
the salvation of mankind. You cannot comprehend how
great your role is in God’s design. Therefore, dear
children, pray, so that in prayer you may know the plan of
God for you. I am with you in order that you may bring it
about in all its fullness. (01/25/1987)
POPE JOHN PAUL II
His enemies wanted to kill him, but I protected him.
(05/13/1982)
Let him consider himself the father of all people and
not only of Christians. Let him spread untiringly, and with
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courage, the message of peace and love among all
humankind. (06/26/1982)
God has given him permission to defeat Satan.
(09/16/1982)
In my messages, I recommend to everyone, and to the
Holy Father in particular, to spread the message which I
received from my Son here at Medjugorje. I wish to
entrust to the Pope the word with which I came here,
‘PEACE’, which he must spread everywhere. Here is a
message which is especially for him: that he bring
together the Christian people through his word and his
preaching, that he spread, particularly among the young
people, the messages which he has received from the
Father in his prayer during which time God inspires him.
(09/16/1983)
He is my son; he is with me! (04/02/2005, Ivan, very
shortly after Pope St. John Paul II’s holy death.)
PRAY FOR OUR LADY’S INTENTIONS
For now as never before, Satan wants to show the
world his shameful face by which he wants to seduce as
many people as possible onto the way of death and sin.
Therefore, dear children, help my Immaculate Heart to
triumph in the sinful world. I beseech all of you to offer
prayers and sacrifices for my intentions so that I can
present them to God for what is most necessary.
(09/25/1991)
Dear children! Today I invite you to offer your crosses
and suffering for my intentions. (09/25/1996)
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In a special way I call you all to pray for my intentions
so that, through your prayers, you may stop Satan’s plan
over this world (which is further from God every day) and
puts itself in the place of God and is destroying everything
that is beautiful and good in the souls of each of you.
(10/25/2008)
PRAY WITH THE HEART
Dear children! Today I call you to prayer with the heart,
and not just from habit. (05/02/1985)
Dear children! I invite you to pray with the heart in or-
der that your prayer may be a conversation with God. I
desire each one of you to dedicate more time to God.
(09/25/1990)
Pray, pray, pray, not with words but with the heart.
(12/25/2002)
Pray to the Holy Spirit to help you pray with the heart.
(05/25/2003)
PRAYER
In prayer you will discover the greatest joy and the way
out of every situation that has no escape. (03/28/1985)
Let prayer, dear children, be your everyday food,
especially when your work in the fields is exhausting you
so much that you cannot pray with the heart. Pray, and
then you will overcome any weariness. Prayer will be your
joy and your rest. (05/30/1985)
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If you pray with the heart, dear children, the ice of your
brothers’ hearts will melt, and every barrier will
disappear. (01/23/1986)
When you pray you are much more beautiful, like
flowers which, after the snow, display all their beauty, and
all their colours become indescribable. (12/18/1986)
You know, dear children, that God grants special
graces in prayer… So pray that God’s blessing may
protect each one of you from all the evil that is threatening
you. (04/25/1987)
Through prayer, little children, you obtain joy and
peace. Through prayer you are richer in the mercy of God.
(08/25/1989)
Pray every day that your life would be good – for
yourselves and for all those whom you meet. (09/25/1990)
Only by means of prayer can we defeat evil and protect
all that Satan wants to destroy in your life. (02/25/1994)
Therefore, little children, the more you pray the more
will you belong to me and to my Son Jesus. (06/25/1994)
Little children, be strong and pray so that prayer may
give you strength and joy. (06/25/1999)
The one who prays is not afraid of the future.
(06/25/2000)
Little children, believe that miracles can be performed
by simple prayer. Through your prayer you open your
heart to God, and he works miracles in your life. By
looking at the fruits, your heart is filled with joy and
gratitude to God for everything he does in your life – and
through you in others also. (10/25/2002)
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As I have already been saying, and now say again to
you, little children, by prayer and fasting alone even wars
can be stopped. (02/25/2003)
Pray with the heart, little children, and do not lose hope
– because God loves his creatures. (03/25/2003)
Especially, little children, pray for those who have not
yet come to know the love of God and do not seek God
the Saviour. (11/25/2004)
Also today, I call you to fill your day with short and
ardent prayers. (07/25/2005)
Dear children! You are running, working, gathering –
but without blessing. You are not praying! (12/25/2008)
May this time be a time of personal prayer for you.
During the day, find a place where you will pray joyfully
in a recollected way. (08/25/2010)
Begin and end the day with prayer with the heart.
(07/25/2011)
Dear children! Today I call you to be strong and reso-
lute in faith and prayer, until your prayers are so strong as
to open the Heart of my beloved Son Jesus. Pray little
children, pray without ceasing until your heart opens to
God’s love. (05/25/2013) Dear children! Pray, pray, pray for the radiance of your
prayer to have an influence on those whom you meet.
(01/25/2014) In this time of grace I call all of you: pray more and
speak less. In prayer seek the will of God and live it ac-
cording to the commandments to which God calls you.
(02/25/2015)
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Pray and believe in the power of prayer. (05/25/2015)
PRAYER GROUPS
Renew prayer in your families and form prayer groups.
In this way, you will experience joy in prayer and
togetherness. All those who pray and are members of
prayer groups are open to God’s will in their hearts and
joyfully witness God’s love. (09/25/2000)
Prayer groups are powerful; and through them I can
see, little children, that the Holy Spirit is at work in the
world. (06/25/2004)
PRIESTS, YOUR SHEPHERDS
May priests believe firmly, and may they take care of
the faith of the people. (06/27/1981)
Do not forget your shepherds. Pray that they may not
get lost, that they may remain in my Son so as to be good
shepherds to their flock. (03/18/2009, Mirjana) Especially thank Him for the shepherds, your interces-
sors in the reconciliation with the Heavenly Father.
(03/18/2013, Mirjana) Pray that your shepherds, with their blessed hands, may
always give you the joy of God’s blessing. (03/18/2014,
Mirjana)
PURGATORY
Today I wish to call you to pray daily for the souls in
Purgatory. (Every soul needs prayer and grace to reach
God and his love.) By doing this, dear children, you also
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obtain new intercessors who will help you in life to be
aware that all earthly things are not important for you, that
only Heaven is what you need to strive for. (11/06/1986)
PURITY
I desire to take you by the hand and to walk with you in
the battle against the impure spirit. (03/18/2012, Mirjana)
My Son loves those who are pure and humble.
(01/02/2016, Mirjana)
Dear children! My motherly desire is for your hearts to
be filled with peace, and for your souls to be pure so that
in the presence of my Son you could see his face.
(03/18/2017)
RENUNCIATION
In this time I especially want you to renounce all the
things to which you are attached but are hurting your
spiritual life. (02/25/1990)
Forget your desires, dear children, and pray for what
God wants, and not for what you want. (09/25/1991)
Do novenas of fasting and renunciation so that Satan be
far from you and grace be around you. (07/25/2005)
Renounce sin and set out on the way of salvation, the
way which my Son has chosen. (03/25/2006)
REWARD
What I want from you is to show me your love by com-
ing to Mass, and the Lord will reward you abundantly.
(11/21/1985)
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Give witness by your life. Sacrifice your lives for the
salvation of the world. I am with you, and I am grateful to
you, but in heaven you shall receive the Father’s reward
which he has promised you. (02/ 25/1988)
Especially, little children, pray for those who have not
yet come to know the love of God and do not seek God
the Saviour. You, little children, be my extended hands,
and by your example draw them closer to my heart and the
heart of my Son. God will reward you with graces and
every blessing. (11/25/2004)
Dear children! With great joy in my heart I thank you
for all the prayers that, in these days, you offered for my
intentions. Know, little children, that you will not regret it,
neither you nor your children. God will reward you with
great graces, and you will merit eternal life. (06/25/2006)
ROSARY
I urge you to invite everyone to pray the rosary. With
the rosary you will overcome all the adversities which
Satan is trying to inflict on the Catholic Church.
(06/25/1985)
Advance against Satan by means of prayer... Dear
children, put on the armour for battle and, with the rosary
in your hand, defeat him! (08/08/1985)
Today I call you to begin praying the rosary with a
living faith… Dear children, I call you to pray the rosary,
and that your rosary be an obligation which you fulfill
with joy. (06/12/1986)
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The rosary alone can already work miracles in the
world and in your lives. (01/25/1991)
I call all priests and religious brothers and sisters to
pray the rosary and to teach others to pray. The rosary,
little children, is especially dear to me. Through the rosary
open your heart to me, and I can help you. (08/25/1997)
When you are tired and sick, and you do not know the
meaning of your life, take the rosary and pray; pray until
prayer becomes for you a joyful meeting with your
Saviour. (04/25/2001)
SACRIFICES
I thank you for every sacrifice you have offered. And
now I urge you to offer every sacrifice with love.
(07/04/1985)
And offer your sacrifices to Jesus in order that
everything is fulfilled the way he has planned it and that
Satan can accomplish nothing. (01/09/1986)
I am with you, and day after day I present your
sacrifices and prayers to God for the salvation of the
world. (11/25/1990)
Dear children, today I call you to prepare yourselves,
through prayer and sacrifice, for the coming of the Holy
Spirit. (05/25/1998)
SAINTS
I invite you to open yourselves and to live with the
saints as your examples. Mother Church has chosen them
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that they may be an inspiration for your daily life.
(10/25/1994)
Ask your holy protectors to help you grow in love
towards God. (07/25/2002)
Imitate the lives of the saints so that they may be the
incentive and teachers on the way of holiness.
(10/25/2004)
I am with you, and with the saints and angels, intercede
for you. (07/25/2014)
SATAN
Dear children, these days Satan wants to frustrate my
plans. Pray that his plan will not be realized. (07/12/1984)
Satan wants to work still more now that you know he is
at work. Dear children, put on the armour for battle and,
with the rosary in your hand, defeat him! (08/08/1985)
Dear children, Satan lies in ambush on each individual.
Especially in everyday affairs he wants to spread
confusion among you. (09/04/1986)
Pray that Satan does not entice you with his pride and
deceptive strength. (11/25/1987)
Dear children, Satan is very strong. And therefore I
request your prayers – that you offer them for those who
are under his influence so that they be saved… If you
pray, Satan cannot injure you, not even a little bit, because
you are God’s children, and God watches over you.
(02/25/1988)
Satan is strong and therefore, dear children, by constant
prayer press tightly to my motherly heart. (10/25/1988)
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Pray and do not permit Satan to work in your life
through misunderstandings, non-understanding, and non-
acceptance of one another. (01/25/1990)
In this time, Satan wants to create disorder in your
hearts and in your families. Little children, do not give in.
Do not permit him to direct you and your lives.
(01/25/1994)
SECRETS
Mirjana, I chose you, and I told you everything that is
necessary. I entrusted you with the knowledge of many
abominations, which you must carry with dignity. Think
of me and how much I too shed tears because of this. You
must always be brave. (12/25/1982, Mirjana)
What I have told you during these years about the se-
crets, it is still not time to tell anyone. Ivanka, the grace
that you and the others received, nobody else on this earth
has received up until now. (05/07/1985, Ivanka)
SILENCE
Little children, you work much but without God’s
blessing. Bless and seek the wisdom of the Holy Spirit to
lead you at this time so that you may comprehend and live
in the grace of this time. Convert, little children, and kneel
in the silence of your hearts. (05/25/2001)
In silence may the Holy Spirit speak to you and permit
him to convert and change you. (07/25/2006)
May this time, little children, every day, be a greater
seeking of God in the silence of your heart. (07/25/2016)
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SIMPLICITY
For years I have been calling you and exhorting you to
a deep spiritual life and simplicity, but you are so cold!
(12/25/1989)
In simplicity each of you will become like a child who
is open to the love of the Father. (07/25/1996)
Through Jesus’ passion and death on the cross, you will
understand that just by prayer you can also become true
apostles of faith, when, in simplicity and prayer, you live
faith which is a gift. (03/25/1997)
You will understand that, out of love, God gives
himself to you in the simplest way. (09/25/1997)
SIN
Look around you, dear children, and you will see how
greatly sin has dominated the world. Pray, therefore, that
Jesus conquers. (09/13/1984)
Conquer every sin with love; overcome with love all
difficulties that come to you. (07/10/1986)
Dear children, I beseech you, surrender to the Lord
your entire past, all the evil that has accumulated in your
hearts. I want each one of you to be happy, but with sin
nobody can be happy. (02/25/1987)
You are ready to commit sin and, without thinking, you
put yourselves in Satan’s hand. (05/25/1987)
I believe you can leave the way of sin and decide for
holiness. (09/25/2005) The Heavenly Father desires to deliver each of you
from the slavery of sin. Therefore, little children, make
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good use of this time, and, through meeting with God in
Confession, leave sin and decide for holiness. Do this out
of love for Jesus, who redeemed you all with his blood,
that you may be happy and in peace. (02/25/2007) My children, Jesus loves you and gives you the grace to
live in his mercy, but sin has overtaken many of your
hearts and you live in darkness. Therefore, my children,
do not wait; say “No” to sin and surrender your hearts to
my Son. (12/25/2012, Jakov) Decide, little children, to be far from sin and tempta-
tion, and may there be joy and love for holiness in your
hearts. (07/25/2013)
SPECIAL BLESSING
I give you my Special Blessing, and I am remaining
with you on your way of conversion. (03/25/1987)
Today I give you my Special Blessing. Bring it to every
creature so that there is peace. (12/25/1988)
SUFFERING
When sufferings come, offer them up as a sacrifice to
God. (03/29/1984)
Especially, dear children, pray that you may be able to
accept sickness and sufferings with love. (09/11/1986)
Today I invite you to offer your crosses and sufferings
for my intentions. (09/25/1996)
When you are tired and sick and you do not know the
meaning of your life, take the rosary and pray; pray until
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prayer becomes for you a joyful meeting with your
Saviour. (04/25/2001)
Courage, little children!… Through each of your
tribulations and sufferings, God will find the way of joy
for you. Therefore, little children, pray. We are close to
you with our love. (03/25/2006)
SURRENDER TO MOTHER MARY
With joy I wish to guide you and show you the joy to
which I wish to bring each of you. Therefore, dear
children, pray and surrender totally to me. (12/11/1986)
Dear children, give the gift of your life to me and com-
pletely surrender to me so that I may help you to compre-
hend my motherly love and the love of my Son for you.
(12/25/2012, Jakov)
THANKSGIVING
These days the Lord has bestowed upon you great
graces. Let this week be one of thanksgiving for all the
graces which God has granted you. (01/03/1985)
Dear children, learn to give thanks in little things and
then you will be able to give thanks also for the big things.
(10/03/1985)
Little children, give thanks unceasingly for all that you
possess, for each little gift which God has given you, so
that a joyful blessing always comes down from God upon
your life. (08/25/1988)
In thanking him you will discover the Most High and
all the good things that surround you. (10/25/1995)
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TIME OF GRACE
These days, while I am with you, are days of grace.
(06/25/1991)
I rejoice with you, and in this time of grace I call you to
spiritual renewal. (05/25/2000)
God gives you great graces; that is why, little children,
make good use of this time of grace and come closer to
my heart so that I can lead you to my Son Jesus.
(06/25/2001)
Dear children! In this time of grace I am calling all of
you to open yourselves and to live the commandments
which God has given you. (02/25/2018)
TRIALS
I am always with you; so do not be afraid of trials
because God is always watching over us. Also I have
given myself to you and I sympathize with you even in the
smallest trial. (07/19/1984)
Thank you for dedicating all your hard work to God
even now when he is testing you… Be assured, dear
children, that he tests you because he loves you. Always
offer up all your burdens to God and do not be anxious.
(10/11/1984) Give me all your feelings and all your problems! I wish
to comfort you in all your trials. I wish to fill you with
peace, joy, and the love of God. (06/20/1985)
Today I wish to tell you that God wants to send you
trials which you can overcome by prayer. God is testing
you through daily chores. Pray now to withstand every
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trial in peace. From everything by which God tests you
come out more open to God, and approach him with love.
(08/22/1985)
TRUTH
I implore you: be vigilant and open to truth. Do not
permit all which is of this world to distance you from the
true knowledge of contentment in the communion with
my Son. I am leading you on the way of true wisdom,
because only with true wisdom can you come to know true
peace and true good… Therefore, my children, pray so
that the Holy Spirit can lead you into truth, can help you
to come to know it, and through that knowledge of the
truth you may be one with the Heavenly Father and with
my Son. That is the knowledge which gives happiness on
earth and opens the door of eternal life and infinite love.
(03/18/2015, Mirjana)
UNION WITH GOD
Throughout this time of grace I want each of you to be
united with Jesus. (02/25/1989)
When you find union with God, you will feel hunger
for the word of God, and your hearts, little children, will
overflow with joy. You will witness God’s love wherever
you are. (01/25/1997)
WAR
Only by prayer and fasting can war be stopped.
(04/25/1992)
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Today, like never before, I call you to pray for peace,
for peace in your hearts, peace in your families and peace
in the whole world, because Satan wants war, wants lack
of peace, wants to destroy all that is good. (03/25/1993)
Little children, may God be your tomorrow and not war
and lack of peace; not sorrow but joy and peace must
begin to reign in the heart of every person. (06/25/2015)
WHO DOES OUR LADY SAY SHE IS?
I am the Blessed Virgin Mary. (06/26/1981)
I am your Mother and the Queen of Peace.
(07/25/1988)
WHY IS OUR LADY HERE NOW?
I want each one of you to be happy here on earth and to
be with me in Heaven. Dear children, that is the purpose
of my coming here, and it is my desire. (05/25/1987)
I have come here as the Queen of Peace, and I wish to
enrich you with my motherly peace. (07/25/1990)
Dear children, these are special times, and therefore I
am with you to love and protect you, to protect your hearts
from Satan, and to bring you all nearer to the heart of my
Son Jesus. (06/25/1993)
Dear children, I come to you as the mother who, above
all, loves her children. (03/18/2005, Mirjana)
WHY IS OUR LADY HERE SO LONG?
I have stayed with you this long so that I may help you
in your trials. (02/07/1985)
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This long time that I am with you is a sign that I love
you immeasurably and that I want each individual to be
holy. (10/09/1986)
Dear children, it is for your sake that I have stayed this
long so that I would help you realize all the messages
which I am giving you. Therefore, dear children, for love
of me, put into practice all the messages which I give you.
(10/30/1986)
I am with you for this long because you are on the
wrong path. Only with my help, little children, will you
open your eyes. (01/25/2009)
Dear children! All these years that God permits me to
be with you are a sign of the immeasurable love which
God has for each one of you and a sign of how much God
loves you. (12/25/2015, Jakov)
WITNESS
Give witness by your life; sacrifice your lives for the
salvation of the world. (02/25/1988)
God gave you the gift of holiness. Pray that you may
understand it more and more, and in that way you will be
able to bear witness for God by your life. (09/25/1988)
Little children, be those who draw souls to God and not
those who distance them. (02/25/2004)
Little children, may your hearts be pure and pleasing,
so that love and warmth may flow through you into every
heart that is far from his love. Little children, be my
extended hands, hands of love for all those who have
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become lost, who have no more faith and hope.
(11/25/2009)
I urge you, little children, to speak less, and to work
more on your personal conversion so that your witness
may be fruitful. (09/25/2010)
Open your hearts, little children, so that God may fill
you with his love and you will be a joy to others. Your
witness will be powerful and everything you do will be
interwoven with God’s tenderness. (05/25/2015)
Little children, in love may your life be a gift for others
and God will bless you; but you, witness without self-
interest – out of love for God. (11/25/2016)
WORK FOR GOD AND FOR THE CHURCH
Today I wish to call you to work in the Church. I love
everybody equally, and I desire from each one of you to
work as much as possible… You need to be courageous,
and with little flowers do your share for the Church and
for Jesus so that everyone can be happy. (10/31/1985)
Little children, I also wish that all of you become active
during this time which is connected to heaven through me
in a special way. Pray in order to understand that all of
you, by your life and your example, ought to collaborate
in the work of salvation. (05/25/1996)
I invite you, little children, to see at this time who needs
your spiritual or material help. By your example, little
children, you will be the extended hands of God which
humanity is seeking. (02/25/1997)
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I wish to thank you and to inspire you to work even
more for God and his kingdom with love and with the
power of the Holy Spirit. (08/25/2000)
Be converted, little children, and work so that as many
souls as possible may come to know Jesus and his love.
(02/25/2002)
Through me, my Son is preparing you for the works
which he desires to do through you – works through
which he desires to be glorified. (03/18/2013, Mirjana)
Be generous. May both your hands and heart always be
open. (03/18/2017, Mirjana)
WORLDLINESS (SEE ALSO MATERIALISM)
Everything that is around you, little children, leads you
towards worldly things. (11/25/2011)
God desires to give you joy and peace through prayer
but you, little children, are still far away – attached to the
world and to worldly things. (05/25/2012)
Sin is pulling you towards worldly things and I have
come to lead you towards holiness and the things of
God. (02/25/2013)
Fight against evil and against sin and the idols of
today’s world which seduce you. Be firm; be strong in
faith. (06/23/2017, Ivan)
YOUNG PEOPLE
Today I call you to renew prayer in your families. Dear
children, encourage the very young to prayer, and
encourage the children to go to Mass. (03/07/1985)
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I wish especially to say to the young people: be open to
the Holy Spirit because God wants to draw you to himself
in these days when Satan is at work. (05/16/1985)
I especially thank the young people for the sacrifices
they have offered up. (09/05/1985)
I want to thank everyone for all they have done for me,
especially the youth. (11/28/1985)
Dear children, you are forgetting that you are all
important… Let all the young people be an example to
others by their lives, and let them witness to Jesus.
(04/24/1986)
In God’s spirit, little children, you are all called to be
witnesses. You are precious and I call you, little children,
to holiness, to eternal life. Therefore, be aware that this
life is passing. I love you and call you to a new life of
conversion. (05/25/2014)
Dear children, also today I rejoice with all of you!
Again today I ask you to make your choice for Jesus. I see
so many young people who are coming back to Jesus
again, deciding for Jesus and changing their lives. There-
fore, I ask you to pray, young people. Pray for the family,
young people! The Madonna prays for all of you, especial-
ly in this time of grace. Pray more! Pray so that my Son
may be born in your hearts! So that he renews you! Thank
you for having responded to my call. (08/05/2017, Ivan)
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TO MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE
Queen of Peace, we greet, and praise and honour you.
With most tender love, O Mother, we love you.
Blest among all women, and eternally
dearest in our hearts, Our Lady, you will be.
Refrain: Ave, ave, a-ve Mari-a.
We beg you: help us to often come to Mass,
and to pray with fervent hearts and gladly fast,
to believe God firmly and our sins confess,
to do penance and convert in holiness.
Refrain: Ave, ave, a-ve Mari-a.
We’ve responded to your call with seriousness,
to live peace and all your loving messages.
You cry out: “I love you; I am near to you.
Do not fear, stay close to me, I’m helping you.”
Refrain: Ave, ave, a-ve Mari-a.
Thanks for your words: “Let my Son your life renew.
Put the Lord first; do whatever he tells you!”
He said: “Love God with your heart, your soul, your mind.
If you love me, follow all commands of mine.”
Refrain: Ave, ave, a-ve Mari-a.
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OTHER BOOKS BY ANDREW JEROME YEUNG
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The Fruitful Servant
Parents, Peace!
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